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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Malcolme then, for that he durſte not breake the fraunches of that place,Angus beſie|ged in Why|terne. ſette a bande of men of warre round about it, to watch that he ſhuld by no meanes eſcape away, ſo that at lengthe a|wearyed as it had bene with long ſiege,Angus yel|deth him ſelfe to the kyng. hee yel|ded himſelfe to the king, who takyng his ſonne to pledge for his good a bearing in tyme to come, licen [...]ed hym to go whyther it ſhuld pleaſe hym: but the moſt part of his lands and liuings were confiſcate to the kings vſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Angus became a chanon.Wherevppon when hee ſawe he myghte not mayntryn his eſtate as he had done before he be|come a Chanon in holy Rood houſe, and ther en|ded his life (as it is reported.)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A rebellion moued by the Murrayes.It was not long after the pacifying of thys trouble, but that a newe rebellion was rayſed: for the Murray lande men by the prouocation of their Captaine named Gildo,Gildo captayn of the rebels. waſted with fyre and ſworde the countreys of Ros, Bowgewal, or Bougdale, Mar, Garcoch, Buchquhane, and the Mernes, in more cruell ſorte, than any fo|rayne and moſte barbarous Nation wold haue done,The cruelte of the rebelles. in ſo muche that when the kyng ſente dy|uers of his ſeruauntes vnto them to vnderſtand the cauſe of their rebellious doings, they ſlewe thoſe meſſengers, contrarye to the lawe of Nations.

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